War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East: Military Violence by C. L. Crouch

By C. L. Crouch

The monograph considers the relationships of moral structures within the old close to East via a learn of struggle in Judah, Israel and Assyria within the 8th and 7th centuries BCE. It argues universal cosmological and ideological outlook generated similarities in moral considering. In all 3 societies, the mythological traditions surrounding construction replicate a robust connection among conflict, kingship and the institution of order. Human kings?? army actions are legitimated via their identity with this cosmic fight opposed to chaos, all started by means of the divine king at construction. army violence is thereby forged not just as morally tolerable yet as morally principal. Deviations from this standpoint replicate phenomena: the upkeep of variable social views and the influence of historic alterations on moral thinking.The examine starts off the dialogue of historic close to japanese ethics outdoors of Israel and Judah and fills a scholarly void by way of putting Israelite and Judahite ethics inside this context, in addition to contributing methodologically to destiny study in historic and comparative ethics.

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History of Universities: Volume XXI 1 by Mordechai Feingold

By Mordechai Feingold

Quantity XXI/1 of historical past of Universities comprises the generic mixture of realized articles, publication stories, convention studies, and bibliographical info, which makes this booklet such an imperative instrument for the historian of upper schooling. Its contributions diversity broadly geographically, chronologically, and in subject-matter. the quantity is, as consistently, a full of life mixture of unique learn and beneficial reference fabric.

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Origins to Constantine (Cambridge History of Christianity - by Margaret Mary Mitchell, Frances Margaret Young, K. Scott

By Margaret Mary Mitchell, Frances Margaret Young, K. Scott Bowie

Over thirty essays supply a entire assessment of the basic occasions, people, locations and matters thinking about the emergence of the Christian faith within the Mediterranean international over the 1st 3 centuries. the gathering strains the dynamic heritage from the time of Jesus via to the increase of Imperial Christianity within the fourth century. It offers a considerate and well-documented research of the various types of Christian group, id and perform that arose quickly after Jesus's loss of life, and which via missionary efforts have been quickly implanted through the Roman Empire.

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Illustrierte Enzyklopadie der Schutzenwaffen aus aller Welt:

Illustrierte Enzyklopadie der Schutzenwaffen aus aller Welt: Schutzenwaffen heute (1945-1985). Band 2 КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Illustrierte Enzyklopadie der Schutzenwaffen aus aller Welt: Schutzenwaffen heute (1945-1985). Band 2ByGunter Wollert,Wilfried Kopenhagen, Reiner LidschunPublisher:Militarverlag der DDR1988211 PagesISBN: 3327005125PDF94 MBDas Buch »Schützenwaffen heute« enthält einführende Beiträge über Probleme der Taktik der Landstreitkräfte, zur technischen Entwicklung der Schützenwaffen seit 1945 und zu Funktions­weisen von automatischen Schützenwaffen. Ein fünfsprachiges Bildlexikon und ein fünfsprachiges Fachwörterverzeichnis sollen dem fremdsprachlich interessierten bzw. dem ausländi­schen Leser dieses Buches helfen, Sprachbarrieren auf dem Gebiet der Waffenkunde zu überwinden. Dem mehrsprachigen Teil ist eine Anleitung zum Gebrauch vorangestellt. Ein Patro­nenteil informiert den Leser über die Entwicklung von Schützen­waffenmunition seit 1945 und über forty wichtige Patronentypen. Ein dem Registerteil vorangestellter Beitrag über Umrechnungs­faktoren und Berechnungen gibt darüber Auskunft, wie guy selbständig Umrechnungen und Berechnungen auf dem Gebiet der Waffenkunde vornehmen kann.SharingmatrixDepositfiles eighty five

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